"Bull" The Illusion of Control (TV Episode 2017) Poster

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(2017)

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5/10
Weak writing
NatashaWM27 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
At first I was excited by the fact that it's Bull himself getting sued by a former client, but as the episode progressed I found my excitement disappearing. This episode is about an overseas adoption gone wrong. For some reason Bull was hired/asked? For advice by the adopted mother. The "mother" just happens to be very rich and very famous.

Bulls company does trial science but there was none of that in this episode, he's not even being sued because of it, but because he gave out professional advice which unfortunately didn't work out. It seems ridiculous that he's being sued by the client, instead of the former clients legal team being sued. Bull had no part in the custody negotiations between the child's father and adopted mother.

I also didn't like the way Bulls team took it upon themselves to track down and retrieve the child from his father. On what authority?

I rolled my eyes, when I realized that they'd managed to find a signed document relinquishing custody of the child, just lying around in the father's apartment. How convenient!! The writers couldn't even manage to successfully paint the father as a bad guy, he wasn't abusive, he hadn't willingly abandoned his child, he wasn't even trying to demand money from the adopted mother. Honestly I felt sorry for him.
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5/10
Something felt off
tiggerjillm25 October 2017
This was my least favorite episode so far. Brad Garrett was great and that bad for me because there something off throughout the whole episode - directing, writing, I don't know. I can't quite put my finger on it. If felt like most of the regulars were acting - obviously - it was awkward for me.
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